Bruce E. Holloway v. United States

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• holding that granting a reduced sentence to one but not another defendant, and being friends with another judge who allegedly \harbored a bias\ against defendant, were not grounds for finding bias
• holding that defendant’s single self-serving statement insufficient to render the records of his case inconclusive on the question of whether he instructed his counsel to appeal
• concluding that a single self-serving, self- contradicting statement is insufficient to render the motion, files, and records of a case inconclusive, so as to warrant an evidentiary hearing
• holding that granting a reduced sentence to one but not another defendant, and being friends with another judge who allegedly “harbored a bias” against defendant, were not grounds for finding bias
• holding that granting a reduced sentence to one but not another defendant, and being friends with another judge who allegedly \harbored a bias\ against defendant, were not grounds for finding bias
• hearing required if motion, files, and records are inconclusive regarding whether movant instructed counsel to file appeal

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